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the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Sir William Henry Preece
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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"SIR WILLIAM HENRY PREECE (1834-1913), British electrical engineer, was born in Wales Feb. 15 1834 and educated at King's College, London. He became a civil engineer but in 1853 joined the Electric and International Telegraph Co., whence in 1869 he reverted to the civil service. In 1877 he was appointed electrician to the Post Office, in 1899 engineer-in-chief and, after his retirement, consulting engineer. He was a pioneer of wireless telegraphy and his early experiments are described in 26.530. He died at Penrhos, Carnarvon, Nov. 6 1913.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sir William Henry Preece'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sir-william-henry-preece.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sir William Henry Preece'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sir-william-henry-preece.html. 1910.
